The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-21
SQUIRE WILLIAM II, DAVIS
Rises to Explnln-IIc Gives Ills Side of tho
Souuan Case.
in fhS Ed,'Dr NJ . a.. t,,s

Scuman Case.
10 the H!.or Of The Itlcilsenoer.
SIR:-ln thia mornine'G ;seue Of tho IS.
TELLIGEScER vou give to the public n
sketch Of Farce ttial before Ralph Arkle,
In which one Charles NenmGn wLs plniu.
tin ard myself defendant. am person.
ally responsible for the statements (be.
cause they are strictly true) thGt desire
now, through your courtesy, to l.y before
| tny if:e1da and the public about the mat.
ter.
On the S.h OF Mach. 1857, Cha,lca Neu.
man came into my otli Il and sSore out
iour warrants in one bS;ch against the two
laueE hsathefG-tTo pe8ce Tarrants and
Two ior using proiano language. On the
came day, one oi the Pauer brothers,
Heorge, sThrn out q warrant before ME,
charging eaid NeunGn with eilnilar Of.
| leNae. The case9 were tiled OF the night
Of the same day. The psuer brothers
we're required TO enter into reCognizancs
70 keep lha peace, and in order, il posi-.
bic, to avert future trouble, also placed
! Heuinan under bond 10 keep the peace,
which It wag my duty to do. Tho pauer
brothers paid the assessments assins,
them; Nruman acted differently. After
allowing sCnie two dayo for Neumsn to
lind surety, ! isslcd commitment 10.
him.
On The llth Of March, Newman secured
hnnhHmGn, after which he demanded
az i,cmizsd bill o! casts Tor the pnrpo5p,
| II peeo.b!a, to bvlUg suit against mo. /
mada cut the bills, and charged the fec Of
t"cnty-hvo cantB eaGh, Hs charged by all
JnSIGrs, 60 lar IS kuOw. Az 10 the iees
charged, erred in charging twenty cents
too Mnct IN One trO through a mistake,
end at tho salae ti!ne, failed 10 charge
NeumGn with righiy-!ive CeatE, due mo
under Tho law, which, OF course, have
ltuti th:a, too, w"G GoHa through mis-
takc. This is Gil there il in the charge CT
oreFchafgiRg !ees. Thers arc no tYo
lnstIccn III the county who agrae ~ 10 fee
bills. The statute ia vague and dtiecient,
and therefore, jUUticCG hHv0 TO do mach
without detinito law, and have to txpr-
cias their own discretion. On the II:i
day oil March, 1887, Tho came day, rs you
viii seo by referring An0yJ, tho bond WAS
given, he, NcumAn, entered auit apa;rs.
mn before Ralp phi hrkle, claiming only
- 0O damages. This puii was dismissed
@IiIont prejudice, the plaintiff failing TO
appear. On the lst day Of April, 1857, an.
other hnis WAC brought by Eeuuinn, claim
my ~ 1@uG2uS. rhts anti was tried veg
'eraay by jury, md no yerdiut roached
hS required hy law, although Crppnding
TN two contingencies. tho jury said /
owGd cit!lur 81 1du or IL u, inny didn't
Know Which. U! course, tho verdict 10
%ofthiess under tho law, 10 sum boiny
fixed by tho jury.
This Bnlt was conceived, brought aud
po9rcnsed i'll malice, aud malice only,
both by the plaintiff, tho attorney iCris.
well, hn httns the Erst employed In tho
eui',f nnd by the Court itSeii.
Ihn Uourt hRs had no klnd feelings for
ne since dism!sBcd Huit hrOuyh. hy him
against C5ns'nbu Stamp for tho rnsscg.
hlon Ct tho office now occupied by Squire
!fteFmah. On every tiidn mnde by my
attorney 10 state tho Casa before tho iurv,
hc ruled him out Of order GHn aus,a,nGd
tho opposing C0undn. a more tlisgu3inv
tiial Hcvur took place before any jns,ira in
!hit city. Tbn jury nohhcd lhp Cuprl
that they could not md would not agree,
yet the Court locked up tho jury and wen.
! :" ''o "i.'It'I hut WIZ NhhH hWpnl QUE
hour. Tho Jury stOnd, ia | am iEiurmcd.
three Tor INC mud three for plaintiff. A
compromises vprdic. was ruNched ut lest.
One man wn4 Hummunrd lor nqkuh by
NcumRnl to 20 up and serve on tho Jury.
!io wan pail iiIty cents by the constable,
and iitly conts by tho Court. Lis namu
wan Gravey, hulieve. refer to this to
ahow the NnimpB Of tim suit. could gay
much more nhout tho Court md Ito nlenI
pOtnniiHrY, but will rcst nov.
| Respectfully HnbmiLtcd,
| WulLAM II. DAVIS, Justice.
! WheelinG april 70, 1887.